Surgery Blog: Did You Know?
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By Salvatore Docimo, DO, FACS
Co-Director of the Stony Brook Medicine Center for Abdominal Core Health and Complex Hernia Repair
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It's Good for Your Health to Know about the Dark Side of the Sun
Skin cancer — including melanoma as well as basal and squamous cell carcinomas — is the most common of all cancer types.
The American Cancer Society estimates that in the United States this year there will be… read more
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Educate Yourself on the Risk Factors, Signs, and Symptoms, Come to Us for Lifesaving Care
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Posted on March 24, 2020 March Is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month! Colorectal cancer screening saves lives. If everyone 50 years old or older were screened regularly, as many as 60% of deaths from this cancer could be avoided. Colorectal cancer — also known as colon cancer — is the third… read more 
Posted on March 18, 2020 By Andrew M. Brown, MD, and Aurora D. Pryor, MD, of the Stony Brook Bariatric and Metabolic Weight Loss Center The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just issued a new report detailing the rates of obesity in the United… read more |
